UPDATE: 5 p.m.

Hurricane Darby has re-intensified to a major hurricane again, but is still expected to weaken over the next few days.

Darby, a category 3 hurricane, is located about 1,120 miles east of Hilo with winds at 115 mph. Darby is moving toward the west-northwest at 16 mph and this motion is expected to continue over the next 24 hours, followed by a turn to the west.

Darby is forecast to weaken steadily and become a tropical storm in 24 t0 36 hours and then a post-tropical/remnant low in 72 hours.

11 a.m.

Hurricane Darby has re-intensified a little, but is still expected to weaken over the next few days, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

As of 11 a.m., the center of Hurricane Darby was about 1,245 miles east of Hilo, and moving west-northwest near 15 mph, with maximum sustained winds close to 110 mph and higher gusts.

Short-term fluctuations in intensity are possible through tonight, but Darby is still expected to weaken and become a tropical storm by Thursday night and a post-tropical storm by Friday night.

The west-northwest motion is expected to continue through tonight, the NHC said, followed by a turn toward the west on Thursday.

Darby is then expected to continue traveling westward through the end of the week.

The National Weather Service of Honolulu, meanwhile, forecasts moderate to heavy rainfall and locally strong trades this weekend, when the remnants of Darby pass south of Hawaii island.

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Hurricane Darby continued to weaken, albeit slightly, overnight and it is still a Category 2 storm.

As of 5 a.m. today, Darby was located about 1,335 miles east-southeast of Hilo with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and moving west at 16 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Fluctuations in intensity are possible today, forecasters say, but Darby is expected to resume weakening by tonight. The system is still on track to weaken to a tropical storm on Thursday and become a post-tropical cyclone on Friday.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 10 miles from Darby’s center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles.